A California man died in a Christmas morning house fire while searching for an engagement ring for his girlfriend.

An Oakland man died in a house fire Wednesday morning after safely getting his family out of the home, the fire department said.

The 37-year-old ensured that his family were saved from the early-morning fire, but fell unconscious after returning to the house.

A man who saved his family on Christmas morning when he woke them up to a fire in their home died after he went back inside and lost consciousness searching for an engagement ring.

The family of Steven Weatherford is mourning after he died in an Oakland Christmas morning house fire trying to save them, just a week before he was going to propose to his girlfriend on New Year's Eve.

A 37-year-old man was killed in a fire in Oakland after rescuing his family from a burning home on Christmas morning when he stayed inside to search for an engagement ring that he wanted to give to his girlfriend on New Year's Eve,